It's about time for a fig cuttings update. It's day 26 since I first started to rehydrate these by giving them a couple days in shot glasses to soak up some water. It's been about 3 weeks since I stuck them and got them set up in the propagation tub with some level of heat and two weeks since I got them to full heat by adding a second heat mat.
I checked on them and as yet don't see any signs of roots against the clear plastic of the 5-inch/12.7-cm containers, but I have figs! Maybe I won't need roots after all
More on that, below.
I bought this light off Amazon after noticing the pale first foliage on several figs and put in the propagation tub about a week ago. It's handy in that it has its own stand, is selectable for different color/kelvin presentations, and has a timer that can be set to 12/12 or a couple other settings. It's under advertised spec for wattage, which I had anticipated when buying it, but it's working very well for this application. as the light and stand fit well within the propagation tub.
Fig Mini LED
Here's a picture of a cutting with foliage and a fig. I'll need to remove the figs, but I'll have to be careful not to damage the growth node when I do it so I deferred fig removal until tonight and will see if I can locate my X-Acto knife or maybe a pair of mini scissors.
This picture shows the recovery of the early foliage, which started without any light, from pale to a healthy green once the light was added.
This shows why I was concerned about damaging the growth nodes when removing the figs and put it off to when I'd have more time.
Healthy color in leaves that developed after the light was added.
And a couple more pictures, just because. As cool as I find the new foliage, I'm sure looking forward to posting some root pic's soon!
I checked on them and as yet don't see any signs of roots against the clear plastic of the 5-inch/12.7-cm containers, but I have figs! Maybe I won't need roots after all
More on that, below.I bought this light off Amazon after noticing the pale first foliage on several figs and put in the propagation tub about a week ago. It's handy in that it has its own stand, is selectable for different color/kelvin presentations, and has a timer that can be set to 12/12 or a couple other settings. It's under advertised spec for wattage, which I had anticipated when buying it, but it's working very well for this application. as the light and stand fit well within the propagation tub.
Fig Mini LED
Here's a picture of a cutting with foliage and a fig. I'll need to remove the figs, but I'll have to be careful not to damage the growth node when I do it so I deferred fig removal until tonight and will see if I can locate my X-Acto knife or maybe a pair of mini scissors.
This picture shows the recovery of the early foliage, which started without any light, from pale to a healthy green once the light was added.
This shows why I was concerned about damaging the growth nodes when removing the figs and put it off to when I'd have more time.
Healthy color in leaves that developed after the light was added.
And a couple more pictures, just because. As cool as I find the new foliage, I'm sure looking forward to posting some root pic's soon!
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